This is an analysis of April by Jean Blewett.

God's garden is this dim old wood,
And hidden in its bosom…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: AbXb cdcd AeXe
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11000111 1100010 010101001 1111010 110111001 0111010 11010111 1101010 11000111 1101010 11010011 0101110
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12